Why Woodworkers Hate Building Chairs

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[@NyGeL_Derey]

Every time I sit down and watch a woodworker with huge workshop, they always say they are not good at it. Can you stop lying and pat yourselves on the back? Because you're doing a great job

[@chiefgully9353]

It's not the size of your workshop. It's the quality of your wood 😂

[@cinnamonrollypoly]

Go watch bourbon moth woodworking. He's pretty unapologetic.

[@kalybnielsen4183]

They have a huge workshop with $2 million worth of high end equipment and they are a beginner/amatuer

[@soldio4143]

It's one of those things that have changed with the advent of the internet; Some one somewhere will have a video doing so much better with less...being humble is a way to protect yourself from the mental shock of inferiority that will discourage many; from amateur to experts alike. It's ok to have pride in what you do; just don't pride yourself in having the acknowledgement of others.

[@TheAa2000]

I love Cam's explanation about chairs in Japan 🤣 Besides - who needs a chair when you can just use the stump from the tree you cut down for the rest of the project!

[@colinchesbrough5772]

Priceless

[@williamadams9318]

Sit-down

[@Oktokolo]

Sitting on the floor indeed works just fine.

[@VeganSmasher]

We usually learn more from our failures than from our successes. Or yours. Thanks for normalizing trying new things that don't always work out as planned. It's a great lesson for makers and for life. And sitdown.

[@michelleruss4879]

I love to see the "sit down" moment with the chairs!!!!!!

[@kevinronald4137]

It is a pleasure to watch a chair build which, particularly for us older craftsman, is the ultimate in wood work skills. I certainly hope you obtain a large viewing for this project.

[@raydriver7300]

Nice job Jonny. Thanks for taking along for the ride 🌞

[@keith9691]

Great video! Chairs are definitely something only to tackle when you have a clear vision and passion to complete it no matter the cost. Sit down and enjoy your hard work.

[@davidstone1227]

Wow! Nice work - glad I took a moment out of my day to sit down and watch this process.

[@paulaneilson5110]

Brilliant and complex piece of work Jonny. I really appreciate you showing your mishaps. Your kumiko turned out amazing, sorry it didn’t work out. Chuck a cushion on that and I bet Katy will be glad to sit down - especially looking after the wee one 🤗

[@RPO6464]

Sit down. I love to watch your videos. I absolutely love this chair.

[@dsgermack]

couldn't sit down on this one, it was awesome! love how you show us all the stumbles and new learnings to make things move forward!

[@rebeccabarnes3324]

Bless You ! The Chair looks amazing and your persistence duly noted…

[@crystall9522]

I love how this turned out! The cracks look so cool in the light.

[@timgapske]

Sit down! That is such an incredibly beautiful chair. That style of chair is by far my favorite. I recently inherited a very, very old one that has been in my family for many years and I cannot wait to get it reupholstered.

[@Afrikansweetee]

If you don’t watch Jonny build from start to end, boy sit down and take several seats. Love the chair, beautiful still😊

[@careyknight6574]

Always great to sit down and watch a good woodworker finish a fine project.

[@JonathanHart1980]

Great work. Always love the detail you put in your builds. Sit down

[@Arq.Industrial.Muebles]

Love your projects. Really complex and varied

[@maryshevlin7667]

I would absolutely love to sit-down in that chair. Great job.

[@dinissantiago6729]

Always good to sit down and watch one of your videos. I really like the design!

[@KanayaMaryam52]

I have seen so many table builds that this was a nice. Thank you for this build.

[@Abhj0106]

Enjoyed sitting down to watch this! Great job!

[@DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA]

I was told to “sit down” so much as a kid… Look, tell the H8ers to pound wet sand! I love the craftsmanship you put into each build!

[@Cory._.]

What a fun and creative design, thanks for sharing!! Sit down, and enjoy the support of that custom art piece.

[@redheadhippiewoodturning4694]

Sit down! I love it minus the lack of back support. Great job 👏

[@elfinchicken656f.p.smeltyo3]

"Sit down" I always watch the videos until the end and skipping the end doesn't show you all the mess ups, learning points that you go through while making what ever make. So thank you for your videos I appreciate it

[@trischas.2809]

You know, "Sit down and be quiet" is the most essential chairy sentence teachers use again and again.

[@billdiehl156]

Really enjoyed watching you work through the problems that went into building this chair. Sit Down!!

[@juliankoenig]

It was very nice to sit down after a hard day of work and watch this video! Thanks !

[@katiemarek6741]

Jump up, jump up, and sit down. Love it. Thank you! ❤

[@jassonford7269]

Sit down 🪑

[@Kaizen7777]

Thank you for the sit down progress

[@Tonedefz]

Great video Jonny! You're skills are getting so advanced, the videos are edited really well and I love the cameos from other KZbinrs!

[@user-kt5cp7lv5e]

Sit down. I love chairs! They are personal architecture. I have over 150 of them. I collect miniatures. Anything from charms to just to small for a toddler to sit on. So sit down just not on one of mine.

[@luzamo83]

Это просто СУПЕР! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Потрясающая работа?

[@bengtkorswing5279]

"Sit Down". Thank you for a great video of making a complex chair. Take care and. God bless. I love chairs

[@jodimccoy1636]

Sit down Watching you build all these amazing pieces is very relaxing!

[@-relax-626]

Love your style of making videos! Wonˋt loose any second - so I grap a tea and „sit down“ watching them 😊

[@vernonlewis620]

Awesome build I would never try it, but it was fun watching you do it, especially when she sat down in the chair God blessings on your new baby❤

[@GazBadger]

I really love your videos. I have been an enthusiastic amateur woodworker for years now but have yet to try a chair.... you have inspired me to give it a go, though. Now, all I need to do is sit down and put a plan together.

[@heyallenify]

Even if I'm not able to spend time in the shop right now due to moving and the ensuing chaos, it's nice to be able to sit down and watch woodworkers show new techniques and tricks to explore when I get the shop back together.

[@jaderene]

Sit Down, this build turned out absolutely amazing!!!! Can’t wait to watch the table build!!!! 🤯❤️

[@johnnyb95678]

Very cool place to sit down. Not sure I would have the patience to even try. So glad to see you understand the axiom, happy wife, happy life. Thank you for sharing.

[@dej86]

I love watching ppl make furniture whether that's a foot stool to help their short legged dog get up on a sofa or this fabulous chair, if it is something in the realms of something i can build myself or i can learn from it I'm watching it, love the chair love your videos

[@ronbuckner8179]

Yeh my dad showed me the way. He gave my mom a cement mixer. And a year later we had a flagstone Pateoin the back yard. The gift their kept on giving!

[@JeanHenry77]

I like to sit down and watch your videos. such beautiful work thank you for sharing.

[@christianernestheydorn1743]

One more thing to say. You did a great job on this. It inspired me bc I didn’t know about the wood bending technique. Thanks for showing the mishaps. Sorry the Kami didn’t work out, but at least I did something u liked and was relaxing. I may try to make a Spawn style instead of the pattern. I’ll have to figure that one out. Thanks again J!

[@Kway773]

Awesome build that looks beyond intricate..n sit down👍🏿👍🏿

[@rosemarshall1219]

A chair is a piece of real design. There is so much character in it. I am sure you had a great time challenging yourself on that one. I really love what you did.

[@rosemarshall1219]

I forgot to sit down 😂

[@cinnamonrollypoly]

I love to sit down and watch these videos. I don't think I'll ever build a chair, but I can still learn something from this.

[@thomasmurphy1290]

Sit down Awesome looking chair! Thanks for sharing the build.

[@mannyer11]

Sit down! Haha your builds are awesome and I love how you talk through the process. Really inspiring even to someone who doesn’t do woodwork but does other creative hobbies

[@eegarim]

Well, I would sit down on that chair! Beautiful, creative project!❤

[@MariaLopez-qd1pt]

Sit down! I am in love. This is gorgeous, so glad you decided to make a chair 😍😍😍

[@markmnelson]

Had to sit down to fully appreciate this beauty! Thanks!😊

[@Gangdyret]

It's always great to sit down in front of my computer and find another great woodworking youtube channel. I really hope you can bring yourself to tackle another chair project in the future. Sure, they might not pay as much per working hour, but the techniques involved are really fascinating. Definitely consider some of the more historical designs, and the ones from antiquity, there are some really interesting designs out there!

[@wallacerutkowski3291]

Sit Down.... Late but I enjoy seeing the failures and fixes we all make.... Thanks so much for doing what you do

[@Krenath]

Love to just sit down and enjoy watching these videos.

[@nicolasmignot6125]

many thanks for your video. it's a great job. Wonderfull!!

[@Bernardgrubb]

sit down, great video. I'm just starting my woodworking journey and aspire to be as good as you and some of the other youtube woodworkers.

[@DJe1957]

A real sitdown comedian :) Honestly, this was a very entertaining, and educating video that just had to be watched to the very end. Thank you!

[@nickylongshanks]

To sit down in that chair once complete must be satisfying. So much time to build... But looks stunning. Love your videos!

[@ATLAS-_-.]

I love sitting down and watching such great content.

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@kbye5323]

Nice! It was a great “sit down” moment with the wife. Excellent work yet again Sir.

[@Naturesyouth]

This is really awesome, seeing work being done at the sme open source level is always great! One note you can always use a 1depth shallow gut clone, so much faster for things like builds and installs where you don't need a whole source tree

[@37x73]

Can't wait to see how someone can sit down on that wood puzzle you made. Nice work!

[@mikosoft]

I needed to sit down the whole time, it's a super complex but a nice piece in the end.

[@clarapappas1829]

Just love the process “sit down” and enjoy.

[@josephstrahl5921]

I love when I can sit down and watch a nice video about chairs.

[@MrMaster2k]

Sit Down - Yet again another Jonny Builds video! Woo Hoo - Since discovering your channel - I have not missed a video! Love all your content Jonny!

[@andrewknots]

It was good to see your wife sit down on the chair at the end. Suitably complicated build, great job. Kept expecting you to produce a carving disk to contour the seat.

[@quijosan]

Great work! Relax and sitdown!

[@jimrosson6702]

Great video the chair looks amazing great job.

[@talibirkmanis5727]

"sit down " Another great video , I appreciate all you do , as a non woodworking person I am amazed at what you do ! The chair looks fantastic , and well mmmmmmm it looks fantastic..............Thanks for sharing !

[@LarryLeeder]

I had to Sit Down while watching this, your craftsmanship was overwhelming.

[@StringsofLight]

@Jonny Builds Relax and "sit down" friend, you did an amazing job and are a remarkable craftsman.

[@LousyMoonRecords]

what a beautiful piece!

[@Hanaconda_Aquaponics]

I love watching chair builds. I've seen so many tables built, but not many chairs.

[@Dandoestilla]

Love the video, I like the idea and for a chair is very ingenious

[@stanwiggins3423]

I had to "sit down" as I watched you make the last adjustments to the seat pan, and loved the video.

[@guybareli6982]

Sit down, now stand up and finish editing the table video, very excited 😊

[@sportstertaco]

Great job. I see you have been "sitting down" for a lot of new tattoos. Props to the artist.

[@philclayton5163]

Sit down! Have been looking into Kumiko and Shoji panels never considered other applications for Kumiko designs. My tool and skill set and time are quite limited right now, but the more I see the more inspired I become. Excellent project using varying methods, always envious on big space work shops, but hey gotta start somewhere.

[@gordeneden]

I would need to sit down and really think about the amount of time to construct a chair with this amount of detail. I think you are an excellent craftsman and clearly recognize the importance of a comfortable place to sit down!! 🎉

[@catgynt9148]

If you attempt this chair again, consider making individual kamiko panels and space 3-5 of them around the back curve. Then if you really want to mirror the curvature, each sub panel could be sanded to fit. Another great video sir. Thanks for sharing this insightful video and your comments regarding the process. Wishing you and your lady a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather. Peace brother

[@laurazakrzewski]

Sit down and enjoy that awesome, beautiful chair!!

[@kevinconnerhope8264]

Sit down 👏 nice work! Love your videos!

[@chiliconkyle]

To see a truly beautiful chair can be memorizing. But to sit down in a beautiful chair is transformative.

[@briandavern8741]

Beautiful Work! Popular project or not it really is awesome.

[@christophrothert4340]

This is awesome. Always good that you show your mishaps. It's making me feel better when I look at my mistakes. Just last week, when I was routing a curved edge to a small tabletop and forgot to set the height of the flush cut bit right, so I was routing into the actual tabletop, since the ball bearing didn't ride on the edge of my template. Well, now the table is about one eight of an inch smaller than intended. I guess my wife wouldn't have noticed, if I didn't tell her. Maybe it would have been a possibility to use bendable plywood for the Kumiko and just cut it on the CNC or with a laser. Maybe worth a try for the next chair. :D

[@mattosborne1366]

Must be excited for the first time you Sit Down on that thing! Great content, thanks..

[@steviewonder9209]

haha sit down! great video, love to see how people deal with mistakes, and also produce beautiful pieces. Thanks!

[@fiberotter]

Love it!!! And why would anyone skip your video's. One of my joys is watching you screw something up. Why would I miss that?

[@ryanmcewen4611]

Sit down. I always watch the whole video. Love your content.

[@peterlewis7397]

Great design and execution. Entertaining voiceover. Keep knocking out the videos!

[@misterbrown4122]

Awesome job on the seats, can't wait for the "sit down" moment 😋

[@duncanriding3030]

Sit Down after a great build! 👏👏👏

[@ericheft6184]

The biggest issue with the comfort is getting the seat pan contoured. I saw one you tube build where they were able to set up a depth map and had their C&C go to town. The cameo's from the other youtube woodworkers was pretty cool. Thanks for the video.

[@feliciarenz6580]

Sit down, interesting techniques and ideas, I'm getting high chair vibes from it, like the wooden ones they have in restaurants

[@melissaschaefer854]

I love it, but I’d want more of these around the table!!

[@kristianesbersen327]

Great work, Sir 👍🙏